1969

Larry Ebner is an attorney with the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. JudGraves is a second year law student at Emory University in Atlanta. Bamboo Gandy is at Texas A&M working on a degree in landscape architecture. Al Feiner is an intern in medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Bob Garman is still with the Navy, stationed in Washington, D.C. Bruce English has returned from a year in Brussels at the University of Louvain. Bruce, who recently received an MBA from UChicago and Louvain and is also a CPA, is controller of the First National Bank of Chicago's International Banking Department.

Al Gordon is ensconced at the Quincy (Mass.) Patriot Ledger, an evening daily paper reaching south and west of Boston, where he toils as associate editor of the editorial page. Al has pared off 100 pounds and married the former Betty Rockman, a nurse in the continuing care department of a Boston hospital. GeoffreyGoodfellow is a Santa Clara, Calif., city planner with two children, Nancy Leigh and Greg. Jeffand Sandy Bennett are living in Poway, Calif, (outside San Diego), where Jeff is assigned as operations officer aboard the USS Durham. Tom Parks and family are still living in South Hamilton, Mass., where Tom runs an insurance agency almost as well as the '69 Alumni Fund drive. Kenneth (Ira) Paul has returned from England and currently appears to be a reporter for the Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise. Hope you are well, KIP.

Rip Maclay is back in Milwaukee. NealRubinstein married Robin Arndt last year. Robin, a '71 Smith grad, is earning a Ph.D. at UPenn while Neal cops an M.D. and Ph.D. Dave Strife and John McKelligot attended the wedding. Jim Ross was discharged recently from the Army and has migrated to Toronto, where he works for Duval Int. Corp. as an exploratory geologist. Jim Willis is a programmer and freshmen rowing coach at USC. Steve Entin is working on his Ph.D. dissertation in economics at UChicago. Will Lee is finishing his Ph.D. thesis at Yale. His topic is "Insane Characters in Literature: Shakespeare to Kesey." Will happily relates that he has lived with Carla Shatz for nearly five years and sees "no other way."

John Burton has been made a trust investment officer at Philadelphia National Bank according to a release from there. He began with PNB in 1971 as a security analyst in personal trust investment research, after earning his M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina. John, you will recall, was a member of the U.S. Whitewater Canoeing Team in the Olympics and is currently a member of the U.S. Olympic Kayak and Canoe committee. He and wife Susan live in Media, Pa.

Rick Willets is nursing a disk condition in Haverhill, Mass., and is accepting resumes for a masseuse. Gerry Shulze is a product manager for Pfizer in NYC. Bruce Drake was recently spotted by Gerry on his way back to his teaching job in Germany. Dick Saunders married the former Anne Leslie last summer. Anne, a Wellesley graduate, is doing graduate work in Greek studies at Columbia, where she is also an assistant student adviser. Dick earned his M.D. for Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons last year.

Jon Jensen married the former Janet Marie Thomas last December. Jon and Janet both graduated from Brigham Young University and Jon, after serving two years in Germany as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is now enrolled in Stanford's joint law-business graduate program. JohnFrench married Linda Christine Neshamkin - also last December. John and Linda, who was previously a staff assistant in the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, own Masters of Architecture degrees from UPenn.

Tom Weldy merits kudos for his recent newsletter and the reinforcement he provided for our upcoming reunion: June 14-16.

Lastly, a sad note. In early March, Dave Sobel '68, was killed in an automobile accident in Bangkok. Dave was all energy: IFC wrestling champion, avid traveller, a rabbi; a multifaceted man with much to offer and the energy to make things happen. His numerous friends in the Class of '69 want his family to know that we will all miss him.

Secretary, 820 "D" St., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003

Class Agent, 74 Walnut South Hamilton, Mass. 01982